Peace Agreement Access Tool PA-X www.peaceagreements.org Country/entity Togo Region Africa (excl MENA) Agreement name Dialogue inter-togolais: accord cadre de Lomé Date 27/09/1999 Agreement status Multiparty signed/agreed Interim arrangement No Agreement/conflict level Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Togolese Conflicts (1946 - ) ) Stage Framework/substantive - partial (Core issue) Conflict nature Government Peace process 118: Togo peace process Parties For the Presidential Office: the Gathering of the Togolese People (RPT) the Convention of the New Forces (CFN) Professor Fambaré Ouattara Natchaba, RPT member of the Political Bureau For the Committee of Action for Renewal (CAR) Yawovi Agboyibo, National President For Convention African Peoples Democratic (FDC) Mr. Leopold Gnininvi, Secretary General For Party for Democracy and Renewal (PDR) Monseiur Zarifou Ayeva, President For the Union of Forces for Change (UFC) Mr. Emmanuel Akitani Bob, First Vice President For the Togolese Union for Democracy (UTD) the Party of the pure-Action on Development (PAD) Democratic party pure Unite (PDU) the Union for the Democracy and Solidarity (UDS) Mr. Edem Kodjo, President Third parties The Facilitators; For the EU, Georg Reisch, For the International Organization of Francophonie, Moustapha Niasse, For the Republic of France, Bernard Stasi, For the Republic of Germany, Paul von Stulpnagel, Description Following the political crises in Togo the EU, France, Germany, and the international organisation of Francophonie were asked to facilitate an inter-Togolese dialogue which started on July 19, 1999 in Lomé. The different parties agreed the agenda and presented their viewpoints and proposals. The facilitators drafted a summary of the debates and a list of the points on which agreement was found. The participants express the wish to see the facilitators be part of the following stages and help Togo democratise. Content of the negotiation: The first objective of the negotiation is to create a climate of trust to help with national reconciliation. All parties insist on democratic institutions. They agree to democracy, Page 1 of 12 state of law, respect of Human Rights, development and security for all. The document then lists the topics up for discussion: respect of the constitution and conditions for political alternation (also addressed status of former heads of states, political leaders and status of the opposition; financing of political parties; media), democratic organisation and transparent elections (inter alia the president decided to dissolve the National Assembly and call new legislative elections to allow the different political movements to be represented), security and return of refugees and displaced people (this also addressed an amnesty law from 1994, the dissolution of militia and the collection of illegally held arms), and the restoration of the international image of Togo. A committee is established to follow up (12 members of the presidential movement and 12 members from the opposition, the facilitators will preside) until the next legislative elections. Agreement document TG_990729_Dialogue Inter-Togolais, Accord Cadre de Lome.pdf [] Agreement document TG_990729_Dialogue Inter-togolais, Accord Cadre de Lomé_FR.pdf [] (original language) Groups Children/youth Rhetorical Page 6, MIXED MONITORING COMMITTEE (CPS) ... Only through restabilising confidence, passionate desire, and the ongoing determination of all the players in Togolese political life, will it be possible to permanently transform the efforts being made into a better future for the children, women and men of this country. Disabled persons No specific mention. Elderly/age No specific mention. Migrant workers No specific mention. Racial/ethnic/national No specific mention. group Religious groups No specific mention. Indigenous people No specific mention. Other groups No specific mention. Refugees/displaced Rhetorical persons Page 5, SECURITY AND THE RETURN OF REFUGEES ... Noting the measures currently being put in place, all parties present consider that a definitive solution to the return of refugees and displaced persons will be important for the success of the Inter- Togolese Dialogue. They have taken into account the significant outcome of the 1994 amnesty, corroborated by the HCR. Page 5, SECURITY AND THE RETURN OF REFUGEES Page 2 of 12 ... In the same spirit, they hope that the 1994 amnesty will continue, so that all refugees and displaced persons may return to their country and homes as soon as possible. Page 5, SECURITY AND THE RETURN OF REFUGEES ... Measures shall also be put in place to enable refugees returning to Togo, displaced persons and beneficiaries of the amnesty law to recover their acquired rights. Social class No specific mention. Gender Women, girls and gender Page 6, MIXED MONITORING COMMITTEE (CPS) ... Only through restabilising confidence, passionate desire, and the ongoing determination of all the players in Togolese political life, will it be possible to permanently transform the efforts being made into a better future for the children, women and men of this country. Men and boys Gender neutral wording Page 6, MIXED MONITORING COMMITTEE (CPS) ... Only through restabilising confidence, passionate desire, and the ongoing determination of all the players in Togolese political life, will it be possible to permanently transform the efforts being made into a better future for the children, women and men of this country. LGBTI No specific mention. Family No specific mention. State definition State definition No specific mention. Governance Political institutions (new General references or reformed) Page 3, RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND CONDITIONS FOR POLITICAL ALTERNATION ... • Financing political parties It is recognised that the development of specific rules in this area is necessary, both to ensure the proper functioning of the parties and fairness in public life, particularly during elections. Public financing arrangements must be analysed in order to ensure ethical conduct in political life, based on criteria to be established, taking into account the actual representativeness of the different groups. Page 3, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS During the Inter-Togolese Dialogue, the President of the Republic announced his decision to dissolve the National Assembly, in March 2000, as authorised by the Constitution and, through early legislative elections, to enable the different political groups to be represented in the National Assembly. Constitution's No specific mention. affirmation/renewal Page 3 of 12 Constitutional No specific mention. reform/making Elections Page 3, RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND CONDITIONS FOR POLITICAL ALTERNATION ... • Financing political parties It is recognised that the development of specific rules in this area is necessary, both to ensure the proper functioning of the parties and fairness in public life, particularly during elections. Page 3, RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND CONDITIONS FOR POLITICAL ALTERNATION ... • Financing political parties All of the parties favour a reduction in the level of deposits, for both the presidential election and for legislative and local elections. Page 3, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS During the Inter-Togolese Dialogue, the President of the Republic announced his decision to dissolve the National Assembly, in March 2000, as authorised by the Constitution and, through early legislative elections, to enable the different political groups to be represented in the National Assembly. Page 3, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS ... The Leader also restated his attachment to constitutional legality, in particular Article 59 of the Constitution which states: “The President of the Republic shall be elected by universal direct suffrage for a mandate of five years renewable once. In no case may he serve for more than two mandates”. Page 3, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS ... The parties to the Inter-Togolese Dialogue considered the problem of the presidential election of June 1998. ... Page 3, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS ... The parties to the Dialogue consider that the election did not respect the legal framework and noted the numerous serious irregularities which marked the declaration of results in particular. Page 4, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS ... The presidential group, while recognising some inadequacies, reiterated that the election was conducted in strict compliance with the Togolese Constitutional framework. Page 4, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS ... The Union of Forces for Change (l’Union des Forces de Changement, UFC) insisted on the urgent need to identify a political solution for the problem as soon as possible, in order to establish a new timetable for the presidential elections. Page 4, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS ...The proper and transparent organisation of the next legislative elections, the results of which should be accepted by all, will be a decisive step for democracy and strengthening national reconciliation. Page 4, ORGANISATION OF DEMOCRATIC AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS ... To ensure total transparency in future elections, in light of some weaknesses and declared irregularities, all the parties insist that improvements should be made to the electoral process, to be discussed by the Joint Monitoring Committee, within a period of two months. These should take into account in particular the proposals of the Renewed Action Committee